Collar-clasping collar-button.



J. P. CARR. COLLAR GLASPING COLLAR BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 30, 1911.

Patented July 16, 1912.

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JOSEPH I. CARE, OF WAPPINGERS FALLS, NEW YORK.

COLLAR-CLASPING COLLAR-BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 16,1912.

Application filed October 30, 1911. Serial No. 857,544.

Tb all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH I. CARR, a citi zen of the United States,residing at l Vappingers Falls, in the county of Dutchess and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CollarClasping Collar-Buttons, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

This invent-ion relates to collar buttons, and especially to collarfastening devices of such novel and peculiar construction as to becapable of operation for attaching collars with or without button holes.

The object of the invent-ion is to provide in a collar-button fasteningcertain novel and peculiar construction and arrangement of parts,whereby collars having no button holes may be readily attached anddetached to a shirt-band.

A further object of the invention is to provide in a collar-buttonfastening a spring-controlled member hinged or pivoted to a stud orshank-base so as to be swung into engagement with such stud or stem,said member having a spring clamp operated by a bail or lever pivoted tothe said member for clamping the ends of a collar to the said member.

Vith these and various other objects, advantages and improved results inview the invention consists in the novel construction, connections andrelative arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully describedand set up in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this application: Figure 1is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is an edge view showing the parts in openposition. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view. Fig. 4 is a detailperspective view of the clamping spring.

The same reference characters denote the same parts throughout theseveral views of the drawings.

In carrying out my invention, an ordinary collar button may be used,such as shown in the drawings, and such button, 1, is provided with anear 2, projecting from the periphery of the button at right angles tothe stem face of the button and parallel with the shank 3, of thebutton. A ball 4, is hinged or pivoted to the ear 2, and said bail has aslot 5 adjacent to the hinge or pivot. The bail 4 is U-shaped, and has aslot 6, in which is pivoted an angle-lever 7. A U-shaped clamping spring8 is operated in the bail l, by the lever 7, and said clamping springhas a spring tongue 9 projecting through the slot 5 into engagement withthe hinge or pivot ear 2, for holding the bail 4 in open position, asshown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The tongue end of the clamping springis soldered or riveted to the bail, and bot-h ends of this spring areprovided with teeth 10, for clamping the collar ends 11, which arewithout button-holes and are placed within such spring while the leveris in open position, and after the bail has been placed into closedposition.

It is obvious that the bail answers a double purpose, in that it looksthe button to the shirt-band and prevents displacement of the button,and it forms a support or holder for the collar ends, and holds them inposition to be clamped by the clamping-spring under pressure of thelever.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is The combination with a collar button, of aclasping attachment comprising a collarholding bail having a hingedconnection with the button and a slot extending from the hinge, aclamping-sprin secured within the bail, a spring tongue struck out ofone end of the spring and projecting through said slot into engagementwith the hinge for controlling the movement of the bail, and a leverpivoted between the free end of the bail and the free end of the springfor operating the latter, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH P. CARR.

Witnesses:

JAMES C. TURNER, J r., HAROLD E. TANNER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents Washington, D. G.

